Trends of macroinvertebrate community structure in glacier-fed rivers in relation to environmental conditions: A synthesis

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1833-1847

  Milner, Alexander M ^a,b   Brittain, John E ^c   Castella, Emmanuel ^d   Petts, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Channel stability; Chironomidae; Dispersal; Glacier; Rivers; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANNELIDA; BAETIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIAMESINAE; DIPTERA; EMPIDIDAE; ORTHOCLADIINAE; PERLODIDAE; SIMULIIDAE; TAENIOPTERYGIDAE; TIPULIDAE;

EID: 0035678942     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2001.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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